Western Characters Part 19

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_PHILOSOPHERS AND ACTRESSES_

By a.r.s.eNE HOUSSAYE. With beautifully-engraved Portraits of Voltaire and Mad. Parabere. Two vols., 12mo, price $2.50.

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_ANCIENT EGYPT UNDER THE PHARAOHS._

By JOHN KENDRICK, M. A. In 2 vols., 12mo, price $2.50.

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_COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY_;

Or Resemblances between Men and Animals. By J. W. REDFIELD, M.D. In one vol., 8vo, with several hundred ill.u.s.trations, price, $2.00.

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_MOORE'S LIFE OF SHERIDAN._

Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, by THOMAS MOORE, with Portrait after Sir Joshua Reynolds. Two vols., 12mo, cloth, $2.00.

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_BARRINGTON'S SKETCHES._

Personal Sketches of his own Time, by SIR JONAH BARRINGTON, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty in Ireland, with Ill.u.s.trations by Darley. Third Edition, 12mo, cloth, $1.25.

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Y. Commercial Advertiser._

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"This is one of the most entertaining books of the season."--_N. Y.

Recorder._

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Y. Courier and Enquirer._

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_JOMINI'S CAMPAIGN OF WATERLOO._